Sentence examples for Shattered upon impact from inspiring English sources

Made from very hard, condensate materials, the Diamond Disc was virtually indestructible, unlike the brittle vinyl records that easily shattered upon impact.

The plastic frame cracked and shattered upon impact and often needed to be held together by rope or wires.

The reason for having dead-annealed glass is the absence of tension in the interior; internal tension would cause the glass to shatter upon impact of the first bullet, thereby rendering the person behind the glass vulnerable to the second bullet.

Toughened glass has the advantage for overhead lines that broken insulators tend to shatter completely upon impact and are therefore more easily spotted during maintenance inspections.

However, at a striking velocity of about 2,600 feet (800 metres) per second, steel shot shatters upon impact instead of penetrating.

Fahri threw a glass oven dish which shattered upon hitting Jimmy in the face.

The hollow point shattered upon entry, instead of tearing all the way through the gator.

The wings had shattered on impact; the engines and the landing gear had been torn off.

One of the aircraft shattered on impact, while the other, left mostly intact, spiraled to the ground.

Ballistic ejecta were probably shattered during impact, and cratering and lava fragments were produced (Fig. 5(b)).

Recovered pieces of Titanics hull plates appear to have shattered on impact with the iceberg, without bending.